Chapter 165: Transfiguration Skill
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Kung Fu is only one aspect, there are other skills that he must learn, such as transfiguration. In fact, the so-called transfiguration technique is a high-level makeup technique that can change one person's appearance to another, plus pay attention to words and deeds, even relatives standing in front of them will not be recognized.
There is a scientific basis for this, and in reality, agents or killers use this disguise to change their faces.
The human brain recognizes the appearance of others by a specific part of the brain tissue, which is extremely efficient, and it only takes o.2 seconds to identify a person you have seen. Not even the world's fastest computers running the best facial recognition systems can do that.
When you see a person from a distance, the eye acts like a video camera to transmit a blurry image to the brain.
The brain doesn't wait for all the clear images to start working, it searches for blurry images and then finds a similar memory to compare it with. If the brain thinks it's the person, it will automatically recognize it as the person you remember, and will automatically supplement the blurry image with the person's memory image.
In addition, the human brain's recognition of a person's appearance does not depend solely on the facial features. A person's body characteristics and movement characteristics are also important factors in identification.
Alex's transfiguration technique from the Crazy Eight also involves changing body shape, habitual movements, etc., just like trained agents, who first try to change their physical characteristics.
For example, put something like silicone on your shoulder pads, which will make your shoulders look wider. Then consider stuffing something in your mouth to change the contours of your face.
Of course, I will also use a fake or hat to change my type. There is also changing the skin color, sticking something on the face to change the shape of the facial features, and so on.
A change of costume can also confuse the other person. For example, the sudden change from a bright outfit to a subtle gray-black color.
Sometimes, they even put some sand grains in their shoes to change their walking posture. Trained killers or agents will recognize a fake walking stance, and having sand in a shoe is a natural alteration. This makes it difficult for the tracker to judge the abnormality of the walking posture.
These changes to the skin of the head are not too troublesome, and there are special potions that can be used to give an instant makeover with just a swipe. Only the color of the pupils is troublesome, after all, if an Asian has blue eyes, it must be weird.
At first, he thought of contact lenses, and PMMA polymethyl methacrylate was already known in this era, and the first all-plastic contact lenses were made as early as 1947.
Alex soon appeared. This kind of contact lens is a hard lens, which has good corrected vision and a long lifespan, but unfortunately the disadvantages are brittleness, poor air permeability, and strong foreign body feeling. After wearing it, it feels weird, and it doesn't have the effect of contact lenses.
If you can't change the color of your eyes. It's hard to be someone else. Alex quickly solved this problem, and based on the knowledge of later generations, he made hydroxyethyl methacrylate by himself, made the first soft contact lens, and had a contact lens effect to change the color of the eyeballs.
Originally, the material PHEMA had to wait until 196o to be revealed, and in order to get this material, Alex specially found a chemical expert to copy the other party's skills. Then, according to the knowledge of later generations, the product of this era is made according to the map.
With this contact lens, Alex was able to disguise himself as a person of another race, so that he could appear in front of Kane in his current form and shoot him under the gun.
He now likes his current status, being able to walk freely on the streets without attracting onlookers. If Alex appeared in his true form, he would soon be surrounded by people. It's hard to move an inch.
In order to make this identity real and credible, he also went to improve his personal information, and soon got a social security number and driver's license and other information in the hands of a smuggler in the black market of New York.
He is now called Wang Long, 21 years old, and is 6 years older in China. His father is an American, and his mother is from Shandong. In 1949, he followed his parents to the United States. It didn't take long for him to get a U.S. green card. His father was killed in battle for his participation in the Korean War, and his mother died of illness soon after, and Wang Lung lived alone after that.
These are real people, no matter who investigates. can find Wang Long. It's just that the real Wang Long is no longer alive, and only the "Wang Long" pretended by Alex can be found by others.
Ever since Alex took over the Carpenter family's business, he has been planning to slowly shift his focus to family management. Originally, he thought that managing the family would be time-consuming, but soon, he realized that he was thinking too much. Alex, who has the ability to copy the information of other people's souls, can easily probe the hearts and pasts of other people.
Management is a profound science, and many times, superiors need to spend a lot of time to understand their subordinates, and then they can arrange the right people to the right positions. In this way, it will not lead to misemployment, which will cause various problems in the entire organizational structure.
Many successful bosses are masters of power and can easily play with others. The reason why they can do this is because they can see through people's hearts, they can understand what their subordinates are thinking, and then use this to manipulate and control them.
Those who seek fame will be given fame, and those who seek profit will be given profit. As long as you can hang carrots in front of people, and then add whips from time to time, you can make them work like donkeys.
But people's hearts are complicated, and they often don't have the right mouth, obviously what they want in their hearts is such things, but what they say in their mouths and what they do in their hands are different. It takes a lot of time to talk and figure it out.
Alex didn't need to spend so much time, he just needed to stretch out his little hand and immediately understand what the other party knew and wanted. He knows what the other party wants, what he can do, and what he can't do.
Then there's the issue of trust and loyalty, which is sometimes fragile and sometimes strong. Generally speaking, with trust, you can hand over the heavy responsibilities to your subordinates and maximize your work efficiency. In this way, the subordinates will slowly develop a sense of trust, and then increase loyalty.
None of this is a problem for Alex, who only needs to meet and talk once. You will be able to know who can be trusted and who is the most loyal. If someone is unreliable, he will quietly let someone else take over, and then complete the transfer of personnel without panic.
As for the accounts, Alex didn't even need to look at them closely, he only needed to meet the person in charge of the finances every once in a while, and he would be able to know the whole situation immediately. There is no fear that they will do anything in it. Even if they wanted to do something, they were quickly noticed by Alex, and then they were transferred to another position, and then they were swept out of the house.
In short, the main purpose of these so-called disguises is to deceive the eyes of those who are familiar or unfamiliar. Because when they try to compare it with the memories in their brains, these confusions are enough to mislead their judgment.
Generally speaking. The longer you spend together, the easier it is to see through the disguise, so it's generally important to minimize contact time.
When assassinating, it is the most testing of a killer's skills in disguise and transformation. Once the horse's feet are exposed, it is a matter of life and death, and there is no room for mistakes. Kung Fu can also find puppets to fight, as for the disguise technique. Then there is no practice at all.
"You have to use it a lot to master this skill!" Alex thought to himself.
Fortunately, his current puppet is still from the Crazy Eight, which means that when he wants to use the disguise technique, he can use the puppet skill. It's a little slower to master, but it's a safe and reliable way to go.
Alex took the time to prepare everything he needed to dress up, such as cosmetics, clothing, fakes, fake beards, etc. The key is to be similar to the pretending target in terms of tone and demeanor, and for this, Alex thinks that with his "simulation ability", it should not be a problem.
To validate his own disguise technique. Alex pretends to be a middle-aged gentleman, an obese woman, a priest, a black teenager, and other characters. At first, he only dared to show his face in front of strangers, pretending to be another person to contact other people, and observing everyone's reactions by chatting with them.
At first, it was very uncomfortable, and from the demeanor of those people, it could be seen that they felt strange about the person Alex was pretending. Because a person's behavior and habits are in line with his own gender and image, if he suddenly becomes another person, there will be all kinds of inconsistencies.
Alex quickly adjusted. He uses "Analog Memory", which allows him to simulate the target behavior of the costume just right.
It's not the hardest part, it's the hard part. You have to think from the perspective of your own character. For example, if he pretends to be a black man, then he must behave like a black man, and if he does not conform at all, it will make people feel strange and be recognized.
This psychological level is very difficult, even if you are a professional killer like Crazy Eight and Kane, you can only find some fixed characters to dress up. They don't deliberately look for a target with a very different cultural background to dress up, but choose a target from among the characters they are familiar with.
In addition to familiarizing yourself with the culture, mannerisms, and thinking of the target of the dress, the most important thing is to fully immerse yourself in the character. It's like splitting one's own personality, and that's the only way to do it seamlessly.
Alex didn't train like a crazy eight, but found a way that suited him better. He uses his "simulated memory" ability to simulate the psychology of his target, which is surprisingly useful and more efficient.
After a while, he went out of his way to the people he knew. For example, people like Chuck, Little Richard, and Dill have all been tested by him, and none of them have shown that the person he is talking to is Alex.
Of course, Alex still didn't dare to spend too much time with these acquaintances, and usually just said hello and had a few conversations. His ability is vividly displayed at this time, and his expression, demeanor, eyes, voice, walking posture, etc., are perfectly reflected in the simulation ability.
Slowly, he extended the contact time, and in the end, he was sure that he could deceive these more familiar people. This kind of Cheng Dù has long been far past those professional killers and agents. He even has the confidence to be able to become a man of a thousand faces, if necessary.
When it was almost the same, I came to Mr. and Mrs. Carpenter and their younger siblings. At this time, it is more difficult, after all, they are all relatives, I don't know if there is a so-called electrocardiogram or something, and there will be mistakes after a long time. There were a few times when he almost got exposed, but luckily he reacted quickly and hurried away before he could be seen.
He has not yet reached the level of "Man with a Thousand Faces" in graphic novels, even if he is a professional killer like Kane, he has only deceived strangers through guò disguise, and if he gets along with someone he knows for a long time, even if he only sees a back, he may be recognized.
From this point of view, he has come out of the blue and is better than the blue, which is remarkable.
Alex is familiar with one character before changing to another, and he plans to do something he has never done before when he has mastered this skill.